Curve-fitting and Optimization [Premium Articles]

Trading strategy development usually involves optimization and curve-fitting of some sort. There are different and even conflicting views about the meaning of optimization and curve-fitting and their impact on strategy performance. Some claim that optimization and curve-fitting are unavoidable and even necessary but others insist that any trading strategy that is optimized or curve-fitted will eventually fail.

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